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Dec 29, 2009 at 12:01 AMDec 29, 2009 at 10:53 AM

Accusations fly after ransacking

Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Jon Gosselin has found himself in another he-said/she-said situation -- this time, not with ex-wife Kate Gosselin but with ex-girlfriend Hailey Glassman. Jon Gosselin says his New York apartment was ransacked and his belongings vandalized during Christmas weekend, and he hints that all signs point to Glassman, with whom he split recently, as the perpetrator. The main sign, he says, was a note she allegedly wrote and pinned to his dresser with a butcher knife. One of her lawyers says she is being framed; another says the incident suggests a publicity stunt engineered by Gosselin. Glassman did take items from the apartment, for which she divided the rent with Gosselin, but only what belonged to her, her lawyers said. His lawyer has vowed to pursue felony charges.

Accusations fly after ransacking

Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Jon Gosselin has found himself in another he-said/she-said situation -- this time, not with ex-wife Kate Gosselin but with ex-girlfriend Hailey Glassman. Jon Gosselin says his New York apartment was ransacked and his belongings vandalized during Christmas weekend, and he hints that all signs point to Glassman, with whom he split recently, as the perpetrator. The main sign, he says, was a note she allegedly wrote and pinned to his dresser with a butcher knife. One of her lawyers says she is being framed; another says the incident suggests a publicity stunt engineered by Gosselin. Glassman did take items from the apartment, for which she divided the rent with Gosselin, but only what belonged to her, her lawyers said. His lawyer has vowed to pursue felony charges.

Tyra banking on less talk

Tyra Banks is pulling the plug on her talk show. The syndicated The Tyra Show, the former model says, will end after this season, its fifth. Banks is maintaining the reality show America's Next Top Model and forming a production studio, with plans to make movies.

Sheen scrambling to cut losses

Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller plan to undergo counseling in the wake of a heated fight at a dinner party in Aspen, Colo., that landed Sheen in jail on Christmas Day. "They were fighting at a dinner in a friend's house, and it continued until the next morning," a source told People magazine. "Both of them were drinking, and neither was supposed to be. Both have histories of alcohol abuse and have made every effort to stop. But things got out of hand." Mueller claims that Sheen grabbed a knife and threatened to kill her. Sheen is free on bond and due in court Feb. 8. He also intends to have counseling for anger management.

'I vana little peace and quiet!'

Ivana Trump was escorted off a plane in Florida after she became belligerent when children were running and screaming in the aisles, according to police. The first ex-wife of billionaire Donald Trump cursed at the youngsters Saturday, and, when flight attendants on the New York-bound plane tried to calm her, she became even more aggravated, authorities said. She hasn't been charged in connection with the incident at Palm Beach Airport. The grouchy Ivana recently filed for divorce from her fourth husband.

Other crime morsels

• A couple who say they were assaulted by Gene Simmons are suing the Kiss bass player for unspecified damages. Nathan Marlowe and his wife, Cynthia Manzo, say Simmons attacked and threatened them Saturday, and took their video camera after they asked his views on monogamy and began filming him at a Los Angeles mall.

• Rapper Nelly is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of someone who entered his suburban St. Louis home and stole items.